Vernon Avenue & Lewis Avenue

Vernon Avenue and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John the Baptist RC Church is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1976, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
18 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
930 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Lewis Av/Willoughby Av · B15
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vernon Avenue & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    930 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Willoughby Av, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Willoughby Av B15
    170 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Lewis Ave 23 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1976.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Vernon Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Vernon Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-NOON

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    550 feet
  2. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lewis Playground
    200 feet
  2. John the Baptist Community Garden
    710 feet
  3. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Beattie Square
    870 feet
  2. Miraflores Community Garden
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 303 Vernon Avenue Community center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    780 feet
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lewis Avenue or Vernon Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.